Hey Tank thanks for sharing all the pix, they look great! Looks like you guys had a blast in KW...you know I was having a hard time with not going down this year starting to count the days until next year now

It was great hanging with you, Kelly and the girls on Wednesday, had a blast! And love the shots of the boat! Let me know if/when you're coming back out in Dec...

Hey rchevelle71 this is Jason. You're up in Boca? I'm usually out and around FTL...Shooters and Haulover mostly so far...we'll have to try and get together sometime

Jason, I see your boat at Thunderboat all the time, We have the little scarab sport on a trailerthat is in the yard... I'll say Hi if I see you, we go to Haulover all the time... Hope to see you out !!

Don't be a hater; even Sarah Palin knows you can put lipstick on a pig.

LOL ... I am not a hater.... just hatin the paint lately !!

Tanner, varying opinions are what makes this place great. And I don't take it as you're hating at all. I know your dedication and love for the brand. Believe it or not, Cigarette listens to feed back, reads these boards and does everything possible to please their customers and that is exactly why the two boats you mentioned above were painted the way they were painted. The silver/orange 50 was painted that way to meet the original buyers specific desires and requests. He wanted it brushed silver with the orange accent (just like the twin 20 that went along with it). When that buyer backed out at the last minute, the boat was quickly sold to its current (very pleased) owner. Furthermore, I think you’ll be pleased at what Cigarette has in store for the 50 Marauder in the future…stand by.

In regards to the AMG boat, it was a specialty built boat (as we all know) with those at AMG. I think the goal was subtlety, refinement and class with an underlying ferociousness (1350 Turbos). It’s common opinion that the AMG boat “missed its target” but I would beg to argue that the boat hit its market dead on. The boat (in my opinion) was built to show case Cigarette as the dominant offshore performance boat builder, completely custom and world-class - specifically focusing on the latter. The boat was designed to showcase Cigarette over seas and in the higher end market (The Robb Report, Du Pont Registry, Concours d’elegance, etc). This can be argued to death but I’m fairly certain Skip, the Cigarette team and those at AMG are happy with the outcome of the boat, thus we (as Cigarette supporters) should be happy for them. It may not be your taste, my taste or others tastes around here, but I can assure you it hit its intended market dead on.

With that said, as you know, paint schemes go through phases and fads just like everything else and it appears (much to many a happy shi-grin), paint schemes are revolving back to the basics. Solid colors, subtle fades and even some retro schemes. Smooth, attention to detail is in – loud, multi-colors are out.

That’s just my opinion on the subject. You of course, are welcome to yours.

If that's your parents place in your avatar I'll be sure to be there when you are...It obviously has room for us!!

Stay tuned, have a new one in paint shop....

Hey tanner say hello for sure if you see me and I will keep an eye out for you also. I'll probably be cleaning or working on the boat

If that's your parents place in your avatar I'll be sure to be there when you are...It obviously has room for us!!

-They've got enough room for guests, lol. I try and squat there whenever I can get out of the office. Hopefully I'll see you around FTL sometime. I'd love to meet Jason and see your old boat over the Christmas holidays; I'll be there for a week or so...